Sandra Lansky: Everything About Meyer Lansky's Daughter

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Sandra Lansky is an author and the daughter of the late Maier Suchowljansky popularly known as Meyer Lansky or “Mob’s Accountant”. Sandra’s father Meyer Lansky is known as a mafia associate and mafia financier. He is one of the most financially successful gangsters in American history. For decades, he participated in organized crimes but was never found guilty of anything more serious than illegal gambling.

Sandra Lansky: Bio Summary

NameSandra Lansky
Famous asdaughter of Meyer Lansky
Date of birthDecember 6, 1937
BirthplaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
SiblingsBuddy Lansky and Paul Lansky
ParentsMeyer Lansky and Anna Citron
SpouseVince Lombardo
ChildrenGary Rapoport
OccupationAuthor

Who Is Meyer Lansky’s Daughter, Sandra?

Sandra Lansky was born on December 6, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She will be turning 86 years old in 2023, on December 6. She is the daughter of Meyer Lansky and Anna Citron. Her father Meyer was an organized crime figure who was considered as one of the most powerful and financially successful gangsters in American history.

Sandra was unaware of her father’s activities as she was growing up. Her parents, Meyer and Anna were married in 1929. Meyer Lansky and Anna Citron gave birth to three children including Sandra Lansky, the only girl child of her parents. Sandra’s two siblings are Buddy Lansky and Paul Lansky. Meyer and Anna’s marriage had its problems. Their union was not a happy one.

Eventually, they chose to get divorced. They divorced in 1947. After the divorce, Meyer married Thelma Schwartz in 1948. He and Thelma remained married until his death. Sandra Lansky had assumed that her father Meyer Lansky was a jukebox salesman because he had shown her a showroom full of Wurlitzers at his office at Emby Distributing Company near Times Square.

Sandra thought her father’s group of friends were all her uncles. Her uncles include Frank Costello, Abe Zwillman, Joe Adonis, and Willie Moretti. Sandra’s father Meyer Lansky had closest associates, his close friends since childhood: Uncle Benny and Uncle Charlie who were known by the FBI as Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) and Charles “Lucky” Luciano (November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962).

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It was when Sandra was a teenager that she saw her father’s picture in a magazine while she stopped at a newsstand. Sandra discovered her father’s reputation. She got to know that her father and uncles were the most powerful criminals in the world. However, she never confronted her father about what she had found out. In 1964, Sandra married Vince Lombardo, a mobster, who promised her father he’d get out and stay out as long as he was with Sandra.

Sandra Lansky Is An Author

Meyer Lansky’s daughter, Sandra Lansky is the author of Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland (2014). She shares with the world what it was like to be the daughter of Meyer Lansky. After several years of refusing to talk about her upbringing, the writers Nick Pileggi and Norah Ephron finally convinced Sandra to tell her story and matched her up with a writer.

In Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland, Sandra Lansky who was assisted by writer William Stadiem, writes about her experiences growing up with her father and several of the most feared Mafia bosses. She revealed how she feels an important part of their legacy has been forgotten. She spoke all about the passionate affair she shared with Dean Martin, her upbringing as a spoiled rich kid, her disastrous marriage, and her drug addiction as well.

Where Is Meyer Lansky’s Daughter Now?

Sandra Lansky has lived her life away from publicity. She has not appeared in the news in this recent times. She was living in Florida but it is unknown if she is still there or not. However, Sandra is still alive. Her father Meyer Lansky died on January 15, 1983, at age 80, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. He died of lung cancer. His last years were spent quietly at his home in Miami Beach, Florida.

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Sandra Lansky’s mother Anna Citron died in 1984, in Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. Her brother Buddy Lansky who was born with Cerebral Palsy which left him permanently disabled his whole life, died on 4 December 1989, at age 59, in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA. Buddy was very close to his father and following his father’s death his condition worsened.

Buddy Lansky spent the remainder of his life at Arch Creek Convalescent Home. He refused to eat or drink and he kept his face staring towards the wall. He died of starvation and dehydration with his head still towards the wall.

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